ShortestWait

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust East of England Area: Norfolk and Suffolk

At the end of August 2026, 23,666 patients were waiting for treatment at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.0 weeks
92% waiting less than
37.5 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
65%
Waiting over a year
259

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,526 14.6 wks 12.8 wks 43.7 wks 190th of 238
Urology 1,372 11.5 wks 12.2 wks 31.0 wks 100th of 180
Orthopaedics 2,046 15.9 wks 13.9 wks 46.2 wks 233rd of 299
Ear, nose and throat 2,584 14.4 wks 15.4 wks 39.2 wks 80th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 2,014 11.9 wks 10.4 wks 38.2 wks 252nd of 301
Oral surgery 471 8.0 wks 16.4 wks 37.1 wks 5th of 112
Plastic surgery 58 7.6 wks 14.0 wks 46.2 wks 12th of 82
General medicine 285 5.1 wks 10.2 wks 18.1 wks 13th of 62
Gastroenterology 755 8.8 wks 11.0 wks 27.3 wks 72nd of 166
Cardiology (heart) 1,432 11.9 wks 11.9 wks 29.8 wks 71st of 125
Dermatology (skin) 2,519 14.2 wks 10.5 wks 37.0 wks 95th of 111
Respiratory medicine 983 17.5 wks 10.4 wks 42.4 wks 116th of 120
Neurology 1,293 16.0 wks 13.2 wks 34.3 wks 67th of 87
Rheumatology 626 11.0 wks 10.9 wks 23.8 wks 79th of 120
Elderly medicine 47 4.8 wks 7.6 wks 16.2 wks under 50 waiting
Gynaecology 1,443 10.2 wks 14.2 wks 30.2 wks 42nd of 176
Other medical specialties 1,074 7.4 wks 10.7 wks 24.4 wks 21st of 145
Other paediatric specialties 580 10.6 wks 12.3 wks 43.5 wks 42nd of 113
Other surgical specialties 2,159 9.5 wks 11.4 wks 31.6 wks 51st of 129
Other services 399 22.6 wks 8.7 wks 44.4 wks 115th of 119

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.3 weeks to 12 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612 wks
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MonthThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 20261212.2
July 20261212
June 20261311.9
May 202613.412.4
April 202613.311.9
March 202614.411.3
February 202616.213.2
January 202616.513.6
December 202516.213.5
November 202515.412.9
October 202515.713.3
September 202515.813.4
August 202514.113.5
July 202515.313.1
June 202515.213.4
May 202514.413.6
April 202513.813.3
March 202514.713.9
February 202514.514.2
January 202515.214.5
December 202415.114.2
November 202414.814
October 202415.114.2
September 202415.314.4

Where it treats patients

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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